Apparatus for depositing dough.



J. S. CLINTON. APPARATUS FOR DEPOSLTING noueu.

APPLICATION FILED No'v. 5'. .915.

Patented Apr. 1919.

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APPLICATiON FILED NOV- 5. 1915- 1,:30LO38. Patnted Apr. '15, 1919.

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- v HURT- mum JAMES s. CLINTON, or CHICAGO, rumors.

APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING- DOUGH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

Original application filed June 13, 1912, Serial No. 703,442. Dividedand this application filed November 5,

' 1915. Serial No. 59,814.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. CLINTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus forDepositing Dough, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, andexact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for depositing dough, as for examplein machines for making various bakery articles, such as on cakes andthelike.

rominent objects of the invention are to provide a simple andpractical'mechanism for depositing dough; to simplify and cheapen thecost of the same; toarrange to adjust theainount of dough depositedproperly; and to secure the. foregoing and other desirable results in asimple and expeditious manner.

In the accompanying drawings I show a dough depositing mechanismespecially adapted for use in connection with a machine for making cupcakes or the like, which machineis 'fully set .forth in my application,Serial No. 703,442, filed June 13, 1912, Patent No. 1,162,751, December7, 1915. Therefore this application is adivision of my aforesaidapplication. It will be understood, however, that the'mechanism of thepresent application may be applied in other ways to other machines andfor other pur-' poses.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the cup cakemachine referred to in my said other application, and having the doughfeeding mechanism forming the subject matter of the present applicationdisclosed therein;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a portion of said machine showing thedough feeding mechanism particularly;

Fig. 3 is an elevation and partial section ofdthe feeding mechanism morein detail; an

Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are views of details of construction.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, the machine illustrated has a rotarytable 1 mounted on a vertically arranged shaft 2, which is supported ina bearing 3' mounted on the base 4. The table 1 is intended to carry aseries of tins 5 for cup cakes or other articles, and to such end as aconvenient arrangement the tins 5 are arranged in radial rows andmounted upon removable plates or dishes 6-6. Above the table 1 is showna hopper 7 having three apertures 88 in its bottom, which said apertures88 are located so as to be in position above the three tins 5--5 formingone of the radial rows of tins on the table 1, as shown in Fig. 3.Within the apertures 88 are located rotary screws 10. These screws areto feed the dough or other material downwardly from the hopper 7 intothe tins 5. As-an arrangement for rotating these screws 10 each one isprovided with a gear 12 at itsupper end, which said gears are arrangedto intermesh. Said gears 12 are driven by another gear 14 mounted on arotary shaft 15 which extends down and is gear connected with a rotarydriving shaft 38, Fig. 2. The gears 12 are conveniently mounted on .abridge-like bracket 16 which is secured as by bolts 17 upon a member 19forming a part of the frameof the machine and located above the table,the-member '19 comprising a flat platelike structure covering a portionof the table 1 as shown in Fig.1. Sleeves 20 surround the feed screws10, being also supported by the bracket 16. A cut-ofl' arrangement ispreferably provided to shut off the material being fed down through the:sleeves 20. To such end I provide a slidable or shifting plate 25located between the member 19 and ,the lower ends of the tubular members20.

This plate 25 is provided with elongated openings 39 adapted to registerwith the lower ends of the tubes 20. Strips 40 are secured, as byrivets, to the sides of this plate 25 and these strips 40 engage theedges of a bridge piece located immediately above said'plate 25, wherebysaid plate 25 may have a slidable or shifting movement; Two cutters orcutting members 26 are combined with the plate 25, being locatedunderneath said plate 25, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. These cut-ofl'members 26 have a sliding connection with the member 25. as by slots 27and screws 28, so that an adjustment of the members 26 relatively to theplate 25 and the elongated openings 39 may be made, to adjust the amountof dough to be delivered to the tins 5. Means are provided by which themember 25 is shifted from right to left,

referring to Figs. 2, 1 and 5,. a simple arrangement being to provide alink connection 29 with abell crank 30 pivoted at 31 on the hopper 7, asshown in Fig. 2. The bell crank 30 is also pivotally connected at 32with "a vertically reciprocating rod 33 which extends down and isconnected with the arm 35 pivotally mounted at 36, (Fig. 1

1), and arranged to be operated by a cam 37 on the shaft 38, Figs. 6 and7 Thus the operation of the arm 35 causes a vertical reciprocation onthe part of the.rod'33, and that in turn causes a horizontal movement ofthe plate 25, first one way and then an other, and these movements aretimed in order to effect a proper feeding by opening and closing thelower ends of the feed tubes 20. The movements are so timed as to keepthe dough openings opened a proper length of time to permit su'flicientdough to be fed into the tins 55 to fill the same to the extent desired,the member 19 being provided with apertures 19 to permit the dough topass from the tubes 20 into the tins 5.

It will be understood that changes and modifications may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is: I

1. In a cup cake machine in combination, a movable support, baking tinscarried by said support, a fixed plate beneath which said support moves,said plate being provided with apertures, a bridge piece mounted abovesaid apertures, a hopper for dough carried above said bridge piece, andfeeding worms carried by said bridge piece for delivering dough fromsaid hopper into said tins, the axes of said feed worms being arrangedin alinement with said tins.

2. In a cup cake machine in combination, a hopper for receiving dongfeed-in'gmechanism for delivering doug from said hopper, a cut-off platecooperating with said ed above said plate, ahoppersupported by saidbridge piece, a plurality of feeding worms passing through tubessuspended in said bridge piece for delivering dough from said hopper,"and areciprocating cut-off Y plate operating in front of the lower endsof said tubes, said plate being provided with a plurality of elongatedapertures, and having guide strips attached to its upper face,

said bridge piece having guides depending from its lower portion forcooperating with said guide strips to suspend said plate.

4. In a cup cake machine in combination, a hopper-for receivin dough andfeeding mechanism for delivering dough from said hopper, a cut-off platecooperating with said feeding mechanism for determining the amount ofdough delivered by said mechanism, said plate being provided with anelongated slot and a pair of knives carried by said plate one at eachendlof said slot.

5. Apparatus of the class specified COI'Il': prising a hopper, openingsin the bottom thereof, feed devices for said openings, means foroperating said feed devices, and

cut-0H mechanism comprising a sliding member provided with adjustablecut-'ofl- JAMES S. CLINTON.

Witnesses:

A. L. JONES, HAZEL A. Jones.

Copies of this patent may 'be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0."

